Sustainable Mobility and Transports
Objectives
The principal objective of this course is to elaborate and give the students a set of concepts, methods and techniques that enable the student to analyse the role of the transports and of the mobility of people and goods in the spatial organization, in the urban form, and within sustainable development in an era of climate change. An overview and revision of strategic orientations, case studies, evaluation models, and EU policies will be presented in order assess methodological orientations for sustainable mobility and transport. Best practices will be presented at different scales to support the learning outcomes of the course. Students will undertake interdisciplinary analyses and diagnostics at different inter-connected scales. These will be considered and analysed within a concrete case study. The case study provides a context in which the students can propose initial strategies and measures that improve human mobility, public space criterion, and encompassing transport network integration. Such strategies and measures are aimed at developing the long-term efficiency and sustainable functioning of the urban fabric in a century prone to further climatic aggravations.
General characterization
Code
12678
Credits
3.0
Responsible teacher
André Naghi LOpes dos Santos Nouri
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 37
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Without specific requirements, beyond the necessary pro-activity of the student, asking questions, and willingness to explore the subjects and to deepen knowledge sometimes autonomously (individually and/or in groups) and in close articulation with the professor.
Bibliography
Telford, T., (2007). Manual for Streets; Published by Thomas Telford Publishing for the Department for Transport; UK, 2007
Gehl, J., (1987). Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space Island Press, New York.
Rupprecht Consult (editor). (2019). Guidelines for Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, Second Edition, 2019.
National Association of City Transportation Officials. (2016). Transit street design guide. Island Press.
Nouri, A.S., Costa, J.P., 2017. Placemaking and climate change adaptation: new qualitative and quantitative considerations for the “Place Diagram”. Journal of Urbanism 10, 356-382
Ibraeva, A., Correia, G.H.d.A., Silva, C., Antunes, A.P., 2020. Transit-oriented development: A review of research achievements and challenges. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 132
Note: Further bibliography shall be provided during specific classes.
Teaching method
Presentation of interdisciplinary theoretical and practical content through lectures and ''studio orientated discussions''. Individual research/work and group discussions/work relative to the delivered themes during the different stages of the course. Later phase of course shall host the application of initial concepts, strategies, and measures within a provided concrete case study.
Evaluation method
Evaluation method is composed of four main components – Final Group Project (50%), Individual Oral Presentation (20%), Practical Development Exercises and Interdisciplinary Application (20%), Class Participation (10%).
Additional Stipulation – (i) Students must attend a minimum of 75% of classes; (ii) Students must submit and receive a passing grade for all major submissions; (iii) A value penality of 0.5 will be applied for each day a submission is late; (iv) Participation grades are not published for this course; and, (v) Group work does not necessarily imply equal grade attribution for all of its members.
Subject matter
PART 1
Week/Class 1 // (12/09/24) - Course Presentation
Week/Class 2 // (19/09/24) - Introduction of Mobility and Transportation within an era of Climate Change
Week/Class 3 // (26/09/24) - Sustainable Mobility Evaluation Procedures
Week/Class 4 // (03/10/24) - Sustainable Transport & Public Realm Evaluation Procedures
Week/Class 5 // (10/10/24) - Risk Factors, Human Well-being, and Peripatetic Mobility (Segment 1)
Week/Class 6 // (17/10/24) - Risk Factors, Human Well-being, and Peripatetic Mobility (Segment 2)
Week/Class 7 // (24/10/24) - Individual Presentations
PART 2
Week/Class 8 // (31/10/24) - Introduction of Group Environmental Project & Site Visit
Week/Class 9 // (07/11/24) - Balancing Public Realm Hierarchy 1 (Transport Hubs) + Environmental Project Development
Week/Class 10 // (14/11/24) - Balancing Public Realm Hierarchy 2 (Bicycle Lanes) + Environmental Project Development
Week/Class 11 // (21/11/24) - Environmental Project Development
Week/Class 12 // (28/11/24) - Environmental Project Development
Week/Class 13 // (05/12/24) - Environmental Project Development
Week/Class 14 // (12/12/24) - Final Group Project Presentations